Fair Budget Coalition

10/06/2026

How does taxing DC’s wealthiest help sustain essential programs and keep our communities safer and healthier?

Join us tonight at 6 pm tonight on Zoom to learn more about how progressive tax policies — like a Wealth Proceeds Tax — can generate sustainable funds to invest in DC’s essential services.

Comment ‘TAX’ and we’ll DM you a link to register

09/19/2026

When our children thrive, we thrive. Thank you to our youth leaders at Black Swan Academy (BSA) for activating the room and reminding us that when we recognize our power to transform, real miracles can occur.

What parts of our current budget would you transform to build the future you want to see for DC?

09/17/2026

Tell em, Daisy!!

We’re getting revved up about revenue this Fall bc…y’all… why do we keep hearing the same line over and over from our mayor and DC Council when we KNOW from tax experts like our friends at All in for DC: A Tax System for Justice and impacted community members hold both the problem AND viable solutions?

Sustainable revenue is not a pipe dream — it simply requires conviction, a united front, and a government willing to put people before profit.

DC is so much more than a playground for the wealthy and elite— it’s about time we started budgeting like it.

ICYMI we have a goal of writing Chairman Phil Mendelson 350 letters urging him to open the October 16 hearing to public witnesses - head to our bio to send yours today!

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Daisy Gomez Palacios is the Economic Security Fellow at Bread for the City and theBread for the Cityair Taxes & Public Deals Policy Issue Committee

To learn more about the work our Coalition is doing and explore ways to get involved, email [email protected] to set up a 1:1 with our team!

08/31/2026

No taxation without representation INCLUDES the budget process, y’all 🗣️

Grateful to our Coalition member SPACEs In Action for uplifting our letter action to Chairman Phil Mendelson demanding that he open the upcoming revenue hearing to public witnesses rather than just “experts”

Who could be more of an expert on the need for strong revenue raisers to fund essential programs than the DC residents who are most impacted by cuts?

Take action today here: bit.ly/ChmmMendo-OpenTheHearing

Or comment “PUBLIC” and we’ll DM you the link 🔗

Let’s remind DC Council that it’s ALWAYS nothing about us, without us.

08/26/2026

Feeling a little Groundhog’s Day-esque looking at this video from last year’s People’s Budget Forum where natalyabee shared their frustration with our tax dollars benefiting billionaires and Belle naming tenant rights and access to housing as large concerns people shared….what has changed, really?

This year is a historic and consequential one with an opportunity for us, the people, to set the agenda and conditions of satisfaction for the incoming administration’s budget decisions —

So jojn us on Saturday, September 19 from 12-4 for our People’s Budget (and Revenue!) Forum.

Don’t miss the opportunity to have your hopes, dreams, and demands put on the record ahead of our Fiscal Year (FY) 2028 budget fight. We’ve got big plans to push for a people-centered budget…but we gotta hear from the people first!

Childcare and Spanish interpretation will be available, and we will provide lunch.

RSVP at the link in our bio.

08/20/2026

07/23/2026

lol would’ve sent this yesterday but we ended up on the Hill bc Congress can’t stay out of DC’s business 😤

Join us on Saturday September 19 from 12-4 pm for our 3rd Annual People’s Budget Forum! We’ve got quite the budget fight ahead, and we’d love to start planning with you ASAP

Register here: bit.ly/PeopleeBudgetForum26 (and linked in our bio!)

Ok love you bayieeeee 😌🙏🏽 - Shai

07/22/2026

Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost 🐐🐐🐐

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Why was FBC on the Hill when our work is on local budget issues, you ask?

Each year, Congress seems to grow bolder in their interference with local laws and decision making, citing racist tropes as proof that we can’t govern ourselves.

However, even if they weren’t trying to intentionally sabotage us, DC Home Rule only allows us limited governance, so Congress ALREADY plays a role in our budget process (they approve our legislation once it’s passed locally).

Our local issues have never just been local, and as the federal occupation of DC deepens and its projected length stretches into 2029 with actual fears of an attempted coup, it’s clear that there is no “returning to normal”.

So, we continue to rise to meet the moment.

We’re proud to co-anchor Together For DC because we know that the budget has the potential to both be a tool in defense of DC autonomy AND an avenue through which bad actors seek to undermine our authority.

As we prep for our People’s Budget Forum on September 19, we’ll be sharing more information about the ways the budget is connected to DC autonomy, our fascist federal government, and our path to statehood.

We hope you’ll not just follow along, but join us where the fight takes us.

Shoot us a DM if you’d like to get involved with the Coalition or to set up a 1:1 with one of our staff members to explore if FBC is right for you.

And thank you again Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost for clearly outlining how decisions to undermine DC also harm other states and the very fabric of democracy itself.

Solidarity with you and your constituents in Florida’s 10th District!

06/12/2026

Regulated or unregulated, numerous studies show that gambling, online or otherwise, causes disproportionate harm in low-income Black and brown neighborhoods. Rather than taxing DC extreme (and extremely racist) wealth, this legislation seeks to generate revenue for the District on the backs of its most vulnerable residents.

⚡️CALL TO ACTION⚡️

Call, email, or visit Councilmember Matt Frumin , Councilmember Wendell Felder or any other member of the DC Council and tell them to oppose the i-Gaming bill on grounds of the negative impact it will have on crime, safety, and wellbeing of our communities.

There are more progressive and just ways to generate revenue to fund essential community programs, including a 3% Wealth Proceeds Tax on DC’s highest earners.

06/09/2026

Welcome to First Budget Vote Watch 🤳

Constituents and advocates came to the Wilson Building before the first budget to see if any council members were willing to commit to supporting taxing the wealthy to fund essential safety net programs.

We are grateful for CM Allen’s support for exploring taxing wealth, and urge him to vote ‘yes’ if the amendment is introduced.